Expressions You Hate!

[Ellemeno]

  Nobody suggested councilors. They're all called councilmen now. I suggested representative.

Lutherans--and I think Methodists, too--refer to all clergy as pastors, rather than as priests. I've never looked into the derivation of the word, but today anyway it seems to work equally well for both genders.

I believe they are pastors because they lead their flock, baaa.  Our Boys Persons were pastors. 

[serious crayons]

  Nobody suggested councilors. They're all called councilmen now. I suggested representative.

Newspapers usually use "city councilors."

Lutherans--and I think Methodists, too--refer to all clergy as pastors, rather than as priests. I've never looked into the derivation of the word, but today anyway it seems to work equally well for both genders.

Or ministers, right? I thought all Protestants, except Episcopalians, used "minister" instead of "priest."

I believe they are pastors because they lead their flock, baaa. 

Oh, right! I never thought about that. 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I believe they are pastors because they lead their flock, baaa.  Our Boys Persons were pastors. 

Indeed. What I screwed up trying to communicate was, I haven't tried to determine if the origin of the word was gender specific, but that pastor works for either gender, as compared to priest.

What I cannot bring myself to do is refer to the female assistant rector of my Episcopal parish as Mother. Some people do that, as opposed to the male rector, whom they call Father. You'd think we were Catholic. ...

[Jeff Wrangler]

Newspapers usually use "city councilors."

Not in Philadelphia. ... 

Or ministers, right? I thought all Protestants, except Episcopalians, used "minister" instead of "priest."

Episcopalians cling to priest, but as far as I know and can remember, having been raised in the denomination, the proper term for a Lutheran is pastor.

[ifyoucantfixit]

Elle
I believe they are pastors because they lead their flock, baaa.  Our Boys Persons were pastors.  Smiley
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   I believe that they should have been called shephards..? That is non gender.

    Christ was called shephard of men. 

[Jeff Wrangler]

Going forward.   

Since seeing this post here, I've been paying particular attention to how frequently this expression seems to be used these days. "Going forward" seems to have replaced "in the future." A couple of evenings ago, I counted five uses of "going forward" by David Gregory, the new host of Meet the Press, in one little segment on NBC Nightly News. 

[Clyde-B]

Did anybody mention "Aha moment?"  I'm all for people having insights and epiphanies, but an "aha moment" sounds like an insight with all the depth of a saucer of milk.

We can now proceed to going forward...

[Front-Ranger]

Did anybody mention "Aha moment?"  I'm all for people having insights and epiphanies, but an "aha moment" sounds like an insight with all the depth of a saucer of milk.

We can now proceed to going forward...

hehe! I think Aha moment succeeded paradigm shift. Whenever I say that, my friend Chuck hands me two 10-cent coins!

[Ellemeno]

hehe! I think Aha moment succeeded paradigm shift. Whenever I say that, my friend Chuck hands me two 10-cent coins!

Why?

[delalluvia]

Why?

Para - digm

sounds like

pair of dimes (10 cent pieces)